Scottish Parliament

Written Answers

Monday 20 September 1999

Scottish Executive

Environment

Tavish Scott (Shetland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive what action it proposes to take in relation to the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee’s suggestion that all low level radioactive waste from sites within Scotland should be taken to Dounreay for storage.

Sarah Boyack: I understand that UKAEA has no plans to build a facility to handle all Scottish low level radioactive waste at Dounreay. The Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee’s (RWMAC) suggestion was contained in its response to the House of Lords Select Committee Report on the Management of Nuclear Waste. The Government’s own response to the House of Lords report will be published shortly. The Scottish Executive is contributing to that response.

Finance

Andrew Wilson (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive to list (a) the public sector capital projects involving private finance both planned and under way giving both date of start and estimated completion, (b) the total estimated capital investment included in the projects and (c) the annual public expenditure required to service these projects in cash and real terms over the life of the projects.

Mr Jack McConnell: The information requested on our investment in these projects, which represent good value for money, is set out in the attached tables. The dates requested have been provided for the majority of projects but in some cases, labelled N/K (not known), the information is either not held centrally or is unavailable at this time. I have taken steps to ensure such information is more comprehensively available in the future.

  PFI Projects; Planned and Underway

  


Procuring Body 

  


Project 

  Description 


Contract 

  Signature Date Actual/ Estimated 


Completion 

  Date1 (or when payment commenced) 


Total 

  Estimated Capital Value (£m) 




Greater Glasgow Health 

  Board (Rutherglen) 

  

Geriatric Care Beds 

  

03/90 

  

N/K 

  

5 

  



Ayrshire & Arran 

  Health Board (Irvine) 

  

Geriatric Care Beds 

  

02/91 

  

N/K 

  

3.8 

  



Greater Glasgow Health 

  Board (Darnley) 

  

Geriatric Care Beds 

  

12/91 

  

N/K 

  

3.5 

  



Greater Glasgow Health 

  Board (Ruchill) 

  

Geriatric Care Beds 

  

01/92 

  

N/K 

  

3.3 

  



Greater Glasgow Health 

  Board (Shettleston) 

  

Geriatric Care Beds 

  

03/92 

  

N/K 

  

3.8 

  



Lanarkshire Health Board 

  (Bellshill) 

  

Geriatric Care Beds 

  

11/92 

  

N/K 

  

2.8 

  



Dundee Teaching Hospitals 

  NHS Trust 

  

Medical Equipment 

  

07/93 

  

N/K 

  

0.3 

  



Grampian Health Board 

  

Mental Health Care Beds 

  

09/93 

  

N/K 

  

1.1 

  



Lothian & Forth Valley 

  Health Boards 

  

Clinical Waste Disposal 

  

10/94 

  

N/K 

  

4.5 

  



Northern NHS Trusts & 

  Health Boards 

  

Clinical Waste Disposal 

  

10/94 

  

N/K 

  

6 

  



Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh 

  NHS Trust 

  

Medical Equipment 

  

02/95 

  

N/K 

  

2.2 

  



Ayrshire & Arran 

  Health Board (Saltcoats) 

  

Geriatric Care Beds 

  

05/95 

  

N/K 

  

2.5 

  



Lanarkshire Health Board 

  (Cumbernauld) 

  

Geriatric Care Beds 

  

12/95 

  

N/K 

  

3 

  



Edinburgh Healthcare 

  NHS Trust 

  

Care of the Elderly Facility 

  

02/96 

  

10/96 

  

2.5 

  



Law Hospital NHS Trust 

  

Hospital Information 

  System 

  

03/96 

  

12/96 

  

2.5 

  



Yorkhill NHS Trust 

  

Energy Management System 

  

07/96 

  

N/K 

  

0.7 

  



Grampian Health Board 

  

Community Hospital 

  

01/97 

  

03/98 

  

3.8 

  



Perth & Kinross Healthcare 

  NHS Trust 

  

Hospital Information 

  System 

  

01/97 

  

06/97 

  

2.3 

  



Yorkhill NHS Trust 

  

Hospital Information 

  System 

  

02/97 

  

06/97 

  

2.5 

  



Monklands & Bellshill 

  Hospitals NHS Trust 

  

IT System 

  

03/97 

  

N/K 

  

0.15 

  



Victoria Infirmary NHS 

  Trust 

  

Care of the Elderly Facility 

  

07/97 

  

03/98 

  

2.4 

  



Dundee Teaching Hospitals 

  NHS Trust 

  

Energy Management System 

  

09/97 

  

11/98 

  

2.8 

  



Dundee Teaching Hospitals 

  NHS Trust 

  

Car Parking 

  

12/97 

  

11/98 

  

3.3 

  



Dundee Teaching Hospitals 

  NHS Trust 

  

Medical Equipment 

  

12/97 

  

11/98 

  

4.3 

  



Perth & Kinross Healthcare 

  NHS Trust 

  

Medical Equipment 

  

N/K 

  

N/K 

  

0.4 

  



Lanarkshire Health Board 

  (Cumbernauld) 

  

Geriatric Care Beds 

  

02/98 

  

N/K 

  

2.5 

  



Edinburgh Healthcare 

  NHS Trust 

  

Care of the Elderly Facility 

  

03/98 

  

04/99 

  

2 

  



Hairmyres & Stonehouse 

  Hospitals NHS Trust 

  

District General Hospital 

  

04/98 

  

05/2001 

  (estimate) 

  

67.5 

  



Law Hospital NHS Trust 

  

District General Hospital 

  

06/98 

  

04/2001 

  (estimate) 

  

100 

  



Western General Hospitals 

  NHS Trust 

  

Energy Management System 

  

07/98 

  

N/K 

  

3 

  



Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh 

  NHS Trust 

  

District General Hospital 

  

08/98 

  

09/2002-12/2003 

  (estimate) 

  

180 

  



Ayrshire & Arran 

  Community Healthcare NHS Trust 

  

Community Hospital 

  

03/99 

  

11/2000 

  (estimate) 

  

8.6 

  



Highland Communities 

  NHS Trust 

  

Inverness Psychiatric 

  Unit 

  

03/99 

  

07/2000 

  (estimate) 

  

16.5 

  



West Lothian NHS Trust 

  

Care of Elderly Services 

  

03/99 

  

05/2000 

  (estimate) 

  

2.3 

  



Argyll & Clyde Acute 

  NHS Trust 

  

Larkfield Geriatric Assessment 

  Facility 

  

05/99 

  

11/2000 

  (estimate) 

  

10 

  



South Glasgow University 

  Hospitals NHS Trust 

  

Hospital Information 

  System 

  

06/99 

  

N/K 

  

2.4 

  



South Glasgow University 

  Hospitals NHS Trust 

  

Care of the Elderly Facility 

  

07/99 

  

03/2001 

  (estimate) 

  

11 

  



Dundee Healthcare NHS 

  Trust 

  

Psychiatric Services 

  

07/99 

  (estimate) 

  

2001 (estimate) 

  

9 

  



Dumfries & Galloway 

  Acute and Maternity Hospitals NHS Trust 

  

Day Surgery and Maternity 

  Unit 

  

07/99 

  (estimate) 

  

2001 (estimate) 

  

11 

  



Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh 

  NHS Trust 

  

Hospital Information 

  Support System 

  

09/00 

  (estimate) 

  

2000 (estimate) 

  

3 

  



Fife Primary Care NHS 

  Trust 

  

North East Fife Health 

  Services 

  

09/99 

  (estimate) 

  

N/K 

  

15 

  



Glasgow Royal Infirmary 

  University NHS Trust 

  

Car parking facilities 

  

10/99 

  (estimate) 

  

N/K 

  

6.6 

  



East and Midlothian NHS 

  Trust 

  

Midlothian Community 

  Hospital 

  

05/2000 

  (estimate) 

  

2002 (estimate) 

  

8.1 

  



Argyll & Bute NHS 

  Trust 

  

Lochgilphead Hospital 

  

N/K 

  

N/K 

  

5 

  



Greater Glasgow Community 

  and Mental Health Services NHS Trust 

  

Secure Care Centre 

  

N/K 

  

N/K 

  

12.5 

  



East & Midlothian 

  NHS Trust 

  

NE Edinburgh Continuing 

  Care 

  

06/2000 

  (estimate) 

  

2002 (estimate) 

  

3 

  



East & Midlothian 

  NHS Trust 

  

Acute and Continuing 

  Psychiatric Services 

  

N/K 

  

N/K 

  

6 

  



Glasgow Royal Infirmary 

  NHS Trust 

  

Provision of Catering 

  System 

  

N/K 

  

N/K 

  

1.4 

  



Tayside Health Board 

  and Angus NHS Trust 

  

Replacement of Forfar 

  Infirmary and Whitehills Hospital 

  

03/2000 

  (estimate) 

  

N/K 

  

11 

  



Borders Community Health 

  Services NHS Trust 

  

Hawick Cottage Hospital 

  

03/2000 

  (estimate) 

  

2002 (estimate) 

  

3 

  



Stobhill NHS Trust 

  

Ambulatory Care Centre, 

  Stobhill 

  

N/K 

  

N/K 

  

40 

  



Falkirk College 

  

Stirling Further Education 

  Centre 

  

12/96 

  

01/98 

  

3.6 

  



James Watt College 

  

North Ayrshire College, 

  Kilwinning 

  

03/99 

  

08/2000 

  (estimate) 

  

8.6 

  



West Lothian College 

  

Livingston Further Education 

  Centre 

  

07/99 

  (estimate) 

  

08/2000 

  (estimate) 

  

15 

  



Scottish Prison Service 

  

HM Prison, Kilmarnock 

  

11/97 

  

03/99 

  

32 

  



The Scottish Office Development 

  Department 

  

A87 Invergarry-Kyle of 

  Lochalsh Trunk Road. Skye Bridge Crossing 

  

07/92 

  

10/95 

  

23.6 

  



The Scottish Office Development 

  Department 

  

M6 DBFO 

  

12/96 

  

03-04/992


103 

  



Highlands and Islands 

  Airports Limited 

  

Inverness Airport Terminal 

  

02/98 

  

05/99 

  

9.5 

  



Scottish Children’s Reporter 

  Administration 

  

Integrated Information 

  System 

  

07/98 

  

Service 

  payments commenced 06/98 

  

3 

  



Dundee City Council 

  

Baldovie Waste to Energy 

  Plant 

  

10/97 

  

09/99 

  (estimate) 

  

43 

  



Highland Council 

  

IS/IT Services 

  

07/98 

  

Service 

  payments commenced 07/98 

  

13 

  



Falkirk Council 

  

Falkirk Schools 

  

08/98 

  

08/2000 

  (estimate) 

  

65 

  



Moray Council 

  

Integrated Education 

  Management Service 

  

11/98 

  

08/99 

  (estimate) 

  

5.6 

  



Perth & Kinross Council 

  

Office Accommodation 

  

03/99 

  

09/2000 

  (estimate) 

  

15 

  



City of Edinburgh Council 

  

Rapid Transport System 

  

12/99 

  (estimate) 

  

Autumn/2001 

  (estimate) 

  

49 

  



Glasgow Council 

  

Glasgow Schools 

  

10/99 

  (estimate) 

  

08/2002 

  (estimate) 

  

136 

  



Strathclyde Police 

  

Police Force Training 

  Centre 

  

10/99 

  (estimate) 

  

2001 (estimate) 

  

17 

  



Stirling Council 

  

Balfron School 

  

01/2000 

  (estimate) 

  

08/2001 

  (estimate) 

  

16.5 

  



East Renfrewshire Council 

  

Mearns Primary and St 

  Ninian’s High School 

  

12/99 

  (estimate) 

  

08/2001 

  (estimate) 

  

12.5 

  



Aberdeenshire Council 

  

Aberdeen Schools 

  

04/2000 

  (estimate) 

  

08/2001 

  (estimate) 

  

14.25 

  



Dumfries & Galloway 

  Council 

  

Waste Management Recycling 

  Project 

  

12/2000 

  (estimate) 

  

12/2002 

  (estimate) 

  

17.5 

  



Argyll & Bute Council 

  

Waste Management Project 

  

08/2000 

  (estimate) 

  

08/2002 

  (estimate) 

  

21.7 

  



City of Edinburgh Council 

  

ICT Services 

  

04/2000 

  (estimate, under review) 

  

07/2000 

  (estimate, under review) 

  

30 

  



East Renfrewshire Council 

  

Glasgow Southern Orbital 

  

03/2001 

  (subject to review) 

  

08/2003 

  (subject to review) 

  

29 

  



City of Edinburgh Council 

  

Edinburgh Schools 

  

03/2001 

  (estimate) 

  

03/2003 

  (estimate) 

  

80 

  



Fife Council 

  

Fife Schools 

  

12/2000 

  (estimate) 

  

08/2002 

  (estimate) 

  

32 

  



Highland Council 

  

Highland Schools 

  

10/2000 

  (estimate) 

  

08/2002 

  (estimate) 

  

13.65 

  



Angus Council 

  

A92 upgrading 

  

01/2001 

  (estimate) 

  

06/2003 

  (estimate) 

  

36 

  



Midlothian Council 

  

A701/A702 upgrading 

  

11/99 

  (estimate) 

  

12/2001 

  (estimate) 

  

18 

  



Midlothian Council 

  

Midlothian Schools 

  

12/2000 

  (estimate) 

  

08/2002 

  (estimate) 

  

33 

  



West Lothian Council 

  

Schools Project 

  

05/2001 

  (estimate) 

  

10/2002 

  (estimate) 

  

27.8 

  



Strathclyde PTE 

  

Larkhall-Milngavie rail 

  project 

  

March 

  2000 (estimate) 

  

4/2001
(estimate) 

  

30 

  



North of Scotland Water 

  Authority 

  

Inverness/Fort William 

  Sewage Scheme 

  

12/96 

  

End 2000 

  

45 

  



East of Scotland Water 

  Authority 

  

Almond Valley/ Seafield/Esk
Sewage Scheme 

  

03/99 

  

End 2000 

  

160 

  



West of Scotland Water 

  Authority 

  

Dalmuir Sewage Scheme 

  

05/99 

  

End 2000 

  

34 

  



West of Scotland Water 

  Authority 

  

Meadowhead, Ayr, Stevenston 

  and Inverclyde Sewage Scheme 

  

08/99 

  (estimate) 

  

End 2000 

  

55 

  



North of Scotland Water 

  Authority 

  

Aberdeen, Stonehaven, 

  Fraserburgh and Peterhead Sewage Scheme 

  

09/99 

  (estimate) 

  

End 2000 

  

80 

  



North of Scotland Water 

  Authority 

  

Tay Projects 

  

09/99 

  (estimate) 

  

End 2000 

  

100 

  



West of Scotland Water 

  Authority 

  

Daldowie/ Shieldhall 

  Sludge Treatment 

  

09/99 

  (estimate) 

  

End 2000 

  

42 

  



East of Scotland Water 

  Authority 

  

Levenmouth Purification 

  Scheme 

  

10/99 

  (estimate) 

  

End 2000 

  

47 

  



North of Scotland Water 

  Authority 

  

Moray Coast and Montrose 

  Wastewater project 

  

02/2000 

  (estimate) 

  

End 2000 

  

50 

  



  1 For the purposes of this table completion date refers to the completion of the main capital component of the project or, where this is not appropriate, e.g. in some IT contracts, the commencement of payment for the service. The water and sewerage projects relate to the need to comply with the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, compliance with which is required by end 2000.

  2 The A74(M)/ M74 new works - opened to traffic as trunk roads on – 1) North Phase: 31 March 1999 and 2) South Phase: 16 April 1999.

  * This table may not contain information for some smaller projects in the Health Sector which fall within Trust and Health Board delegated limits and for which information is not held centrally.

  Estimated Service Payments (£millions) for Signed PFI Deals Sector by Sector (i.e. the annual public expenditure required to service PFI projects)

  


Sector 


Year 


1997-98 

  


1998-99 

  


1999-2000 

  


2000-01 

  


2001-02 

  


2002-03 

  


2003-04 

  


2004-05 

  


2005-06 

  


2006-07 

  


2007-08 

  

 



FE/HE 


Cash 

  

0.0 

  

0.5 

  

0.5 

  

1.6 

  

2.0 

  

2.0 

  

2.1 

  

2.2 

  

2.3 

  

2.4 

  

2.4 

  




Real* 

  

0.2 

  

0.5 

  

0.5 

  

0.5 

  

1.9 

  

1.9 

  

1.9 

  

2.0 

  

2.0 

  

2.0 

  

2.0 

  



Justice 


Cash 

  

0.0 

  

0.6 

  

17.9 

  

15.9 

  

15.9 

  

16.0 

  

17.0 

  

17.0 

  

17.0 

  

18.0 

  

18.1 

  



Real* 

  

0.0 

  

0.6 

  

17.1 

  

14.8 

  

14.5 

  

14.2 

  

14.6 

  

14.3 

  

14.0 

  

14.5 

  

14.1 

  



Water and Sewerage 

  


Cash 

  

0.0 

  

3.7 

  

15.6 

  

36.5 

  

91.7 

  

104.3 

  

105.7 

  

108.4 

  

110.3 

  

112.0 

  

113.3 

  



Real* 

  

0.0 

  

3.5 

  

14.8 

  

33.8 

  

82.9 

  

91.9 

  

90.8 

  

90.8 

  

90.1 

  

89.2 

  

88.0 

  



Health 


Cash 

  

2.0 

  

5.1 

  

8.4 

  

35.6 

  

53.8 

  

68.0 

  

88.8 

  

90.9 

  

90.8 

  

90.6 

  

91.5 

  



Real* 

  

2.0 

  

5.0 

  

8.0 

  

33.1 

  

49.3 

  

60.8 

  

77.3 

  

77.4 

  

75.6 

  

73.8 

  

72.7 

  



National Roads and 

  Transport 


Cash 

  

1.8 

  

9.1 

  

24.4 

  

20.5 

  

20.6 

  

23.8 

  

22.4 

  

20.4 

  

20.1 

  

25.0 

  

20.0 

  



Real* 

  

1.8 

  

8.9 

  

23.2 

  

19.0 

  

18.7 

  

21.0 

  

19.3 

  

17.2 

  

16.5 

  

20.0 

  

15.6 

  



Nationalised Industries 

  


Cash 

  

0.0 

  

0.0 

  

1.2 

  

1.2 

  

1.3 

  

1.3 

  

1.4 

  

1.4 

  

1.5 

  

1.6 

  

1.6 

  



Real* 

  

0.0 

  

0.0 

  

1.1 

  

1.1 

  

1.1 

  

1.2 

  

1.2 

  

1.2 

  

1.2 

  

1.3 

  

1.3 

  



Local Authorities 

  


Cash 

  

0.0 

  

8.5 

  

9.4 

  

23.4 

  

22.8 

  

23.0 

  

23.3 

  

23.5 

  

21.4 

  

21.5 

  

21.9 

  



Real* 

  

0.0 

  

8.3 

  

9.0 

  

21.7 

  

20.6 

  

20.4 

  

20.1 

  

19.7 

  

17.5 

  

17.2 

  

17.1 

  



  


Sector 


Year 


2008-09 

  


2009-10 

  


2010-11 

  


2011-12 

  


2012-13 

  


2013-14 

  


2014-15 

  


2015-16 

  


2016-17 

  


2017-18 

  




FE/HE 


Cash 

  

2.5 

  

2.5 

  

2.6 

  

2.6 

  

2.7 

  

2.7 

  

2.8 

  

2.8 

  

2.8 

  

2.9 

  



Real* 

  

2.0 

  

2.0 

  

2.0 

  

2.0 

  

2.0 

  

2.0 

  

2.0 

  

1.9 

  

1.9 

  

1.9 

  



Justice 


Cash 

  

18.2 

  

18.0 

  

19.0 

  

19.0 

  

20.0 

  

21.0 

  

21.0 

  

22.0 

  

17.0 

  

18.0 

  



Real* 

  

13.9 

  

13.4 

  

13.8 

  

13.5 

  

13.8 

  

14.2 

  

13.8 

  

14.1 

  

10.6 

  

11.0 

  



Water and Sewerage 

  


Cash 

  

114.8 

  

116.3 

  

118.8 

  

120.4 

  

123.2 

  

124.9 

  

127.6 

  

129.5 

  

132.2 

  

134.3 

  



Real* 

  

86.9 

  

85.8 

  

85.5 

  

84.5 

  

84.3 

  

83.3 

  

83.0 

  

82.1 

  

81.7 

  

80.9 

  



Health 


Cash 

  

88.6 

  

90.3 

  

92.3 

  

98.3 

  

99.4 

  

101.6 

  

104.8 

  

104.0 

  

105.5 

  

106.0 

  



Real* 

  

68.9 

  

68.7 

  

68.6 

  

71.3 

  

70.4 

  

70.4 

  

70.9 

  

68.8 

  

68.3 

  

67.0 

  



National Roads and 

  Transport 


Cash 

  

21.1 

  

27.3 

  

27.9 

  

27.6 

  

28.9 

  

28.2 

  

36.8 

  

46.3 

  

41.1 

  

32.1 

  



Real* 

  

16.1 

  

20.3 

  

20.2 

  

19.6 

  

19.9 

  

19.0 

  

24.1 

  

29.7 

  

25.8 

  

19.6 

  



Nationalised Industries 

  


Cash 

  

1.7 

  

1.8 

  

1.9 

  

2.0 

  

2.1 

  

2.1 

  

2.2 

  

2.3 

  

2.5 

  

2.6 

  



Real* 

  

1.3 

  

1.3 

  

1.4 

  

1.4 

  

1.4 

  

1.4 

  

1.5 

  

1.5 

  

1.5 

  

1.6 

  



Local Authorities 

  


Cash 

  

18.8 

  

19.1 

  

19.4 

  

19.6 

  

19.9 

  

20.6 

  

20.9 

  

21.2 

  

21.3 

  

21.5 

  



Real* 

  

14.3 

  

14.2 

  

14.0 

  

13.9 

  

13.7 

  

13.9 

  

13.7 

  

13.6 

  

13.3 

  

13.1 

  



  


Sector 


Year 


2018-19 

  


2019-20 

  


2020-21 

  


2021-22 

  


2022-23 

  


2023-24 

  


2024-25 

  


2025-26 

  


2026-27 

  


2027-28 

  


2028-29 

  




FE/HE 


Cash 

  

2.9 

  

3.0 

  

2.9 

  

2.9 

  

2.1 

  

2.1 

  

2.1 

  

0.0 

  

0.0 

  

0.0 

  

0.0 

  



Real* 

  

1.9 

  

1.9 

  

1.8 

  

1.8 

  

1.2 

  

1.2 

  

1.2 

  

0.0 

  

0.0 

  

0.0 

  

0.0 

  



Justice 


Cash 

  

19.0 

  

19.0 

  

20.0 

  

19.0 

  

20.0 

  

20.0 

  

0.0 

  

0.0 

  

0.0 

  

0.0 

  

0.0 

  



Real* 

  

11.3 

  

11.0 

  

11.3 

  

10.5 

  

10.8 

  

10.5 

  

0.0 

  

0.0 

  

0.0 

  

0.0 

  

0.0 

  



Water and Sewerage 

  


Cash 

  

137.2 

  

138.9 

  

143.9 

  

142.6 

  

138.6 

  

141.3 

  

146.5 

  

111.2 

  

91.5 

  

93.4 

  

0.0 

  



Real* 

  

80.6 

  

79.6 

  

80.4 

  

77.7 

  

73.6 

  

73.2 

  

74.0 

  

54.7 

  

43.9 

  

43.7 

  

0.0 

  



Health 


Cash 

  

107.5 

  

109.6 

  

111.8 

  

114.1 

  

113.4 

  

116.6 

  

119.9 

  

122.2 

  

123.5 

  

122.9 

  

0.0 

  



Real* 

  

66.4 

  

66.2 

  

66.0 

  

65.8 

  

63.9 

  

64.2 

  

64.4 

  

64.2 

  

63.5 

  

58.6 

  

0.0 

  



National Roads and 

  Transport 


Cash 

  

35.5 

  

35.9 

  

34.3 

  

34.0 

  

6.1 

  

7.2 

  

8.7 

  

7.6 

  

11.6 

  

0.0 

  

0.0 

  



Real* 

  

21.1 

  

20.9 

  

19.5 

  

18.8 

  

3.3 

  

3.8 

  

4.4 

  

3.8 

  

5.7 

  

0.0 

  

0.0 

  



Nationalised 
Industries 

  


Cash 

  

2.7 

  

2.8 

  

2.9 

  

3.1 

  

3.2 

  

3.3 

  

0.0 

  

0.0 

  

0.0 

  

0.0 

  

0.0 

  



Real* 

  

1.6 

  

1.6 

  

1.7 

  

1.7 

  

1.7 

  

1.8 

  

0.0 

  

0.0 

  

0.0 

  

0.0 

  

0.0 

  



Local 
Authorities 

  


Cash 

  

22.2 

  

22.4 

  

22.8 

  

23.1 

  

23.5 

  

23.8 

  

24.2 

  

7.9 

  

8.0 

  

8.1 

  

7.9 

  



Real* 

  

13.2 

  

13.0 

  

12.9 

  

12.8 

  

12.7 

  

12.5 

  

12.4 

  

3.9 

  

3.9 

  

3.9 

  

3.7 

  



   *Base year 1997-98

Health

Robert Brown (Glasgow) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive what level of financial support is given to each health board in Scotland for fertility care (a) in total, and (b) per head of population and on what basis is the level of support identified.

Susan Deacon: Each Health Board determines the resources to be made available for fertility care for patients resident in its area from within its general allocation. Resources are not made specifically available for fertility or other health care.

  Information on each Health Board’s spending on fertility care is not separately identifiable.

  An Expert Advisory Group on Infertility Services in Scotland has undertaken a review of the clinical management of infertility services with a particular focus on establishing a model specification for infertility care in Scotland. The Expert Group has reported to the Chief Medical Officer in Scotland and to the Clinical Resources and Audit Group. The Report is currently being considered by the Scottish Executive.

Health

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what funding has been allocated to each Health Board in Scotland to relieve bed blocking in 1997-98, 1998-99 and 1999-2000.

Susan Deacon: No funding has been allocated to Health Boards specifically to relieve bed blocking. Health Boards are given an annual general allocation to meet the health care needs of their resident populations. It is for Health Boards to determine, within the funds available, how to manage and deliver local health care services to meet these needs. All Health Boards and NHS Trusts work with their local authority partners to explore avenues to reduce or remove delays in discharges from NHS care. This is reflected in each Health Board’s Health Improvement Programme and in Trust Implementation Plans.

Health

Bill Aitken (Glasgow) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of concerns in the west end of Glasgow that should the Accident and Emergency unit of the Western Infirmary close there will be no emergency facility in that part of the city.

Susan Deacon: Greater Glasgow Health Board is responsible for ensuring that the health care services in its area meet the needs of its local population. The Health Board is currently considering proposals, as outlined in the Health Improvement Programme (HIP) 1999-2004, to strengthen emergency services in Glasgow by providing 2 major A & E/Trauma Departments in the south-west and north-east of the City, both close to the motorway network and accessible from the City centre and from more outlying areas, and 3 units to address minor injuries and illnesses at Stobhill Hospital, the Victoria Infirmary and the proposed new Western Infirmary.

  Final decisions on the proposals will only be taken after full public consultation and then on the basis of which model would provide the best service for the people of Glasgow.

Health

Paul Martin (Glasgow Springburn) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many acres of land, and which sites, have been sold by the Greater Glasgow Health Board in the last five financial years.

Susan Deacon: Details of all the property/land sold by Greater Glasgow Health Board in the last 5 financial years are listed in column 1 of the table. Column 2 lists the size, in hectares, of the sites sold where this information is available.

  Information relating to the property/land sold by the Glasgow NHS Trusts, who manage their own estate, is not held centrally and is not therefore included in the table provided. I have, however, asked Greater Glasgow Health Board to assemble this information and to send it to you direct in due course.

  GREATER GLASGOW HEALTH BOARD DISPOSAL OF LAND OVER THE LAST 5 YEARS

  


Year 


Property 

  


Hectares 

  




1994-95 


West Graham St 

  

N/A 

  



Westerton Clinic 

  






David Elder, Infirmary 

  

1.63 

  



Canniesburn 

  

3.5273 

  



1995-96 


Knightswood 

  

0.38 

  



1996-97 


Strathblane 

  

1.0805 

  



Canniesburn Lots 1 & 2 

  

6.175 

  



1997-98 


Penilee 

  

0.32 

  



1998-99 


David Elder, Infirmary 

  

1.53 

  



Canniesburn Lot 4 

  

0.7084 

  



Robroyston 

  

0.375 

  



1999-2000 


Waverley Street Store 

  

0.174 

  



East College of Nursing 

  

0.36 

  



Ruchill (Surplus Site) 

  

N/A

Justice

Ian Welsh (Ayr) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what operational difficulties the Scottish Legal Aid Board has faced in the last few years, and what steps it has taken to ensure that the Scottish Legal Aid Board will now operate efficiently and expeditiously.

Mr Jim Wallace: The Scottish Legal Aid Board has encountered some operational problems this year which have led to delays in payments. There is a backlog of accounts to be assessed, which the Board is reducing by encouraging staff to work extra hours and recruiting additional staff. The Board has also established a helpline for solicitors’ enquiries.

  At present, the Board is approximately 8 weeks behind in the payment of accounts. It hopes to overcome the backlog by the end of October 1999. Fixed payment accounts, which apply to summary criminal cases, are being processed more quickly due to their simplicity.

National Lottery

Cathy Jamieson (Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how it proposes to monitor the use of funds granted by the National Lottery Charities Board to projects in Scotland.

Mr Sam Galbraith: The Board is set up under the National Lotteries Act 1993 as an independent body. Monitoring is therefore a matter for the Board itself.

Rural Affairs

Tricia Marwick (Mid Scotland and Fife) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it has given to the use of alkaline hydrolysis as an alternative method for treatment and disposal of infectious animal waste.

Ross Finnie: The methods for disposing of animal waste are laid down in the Animal By-Products Order 1999, which implements the EC Animal Waste Directive, 90/667/EEC. The main methods allowed are rendering, incineration or, in certain limited circumstances, burial. Currently, alkaline hydrolysis is not one of the prescribed processes. However, the Scottish Executive is aware of the potential benefits of this method. Assuming the process can be shown to be effective in destroying pathogenic material in animal waste, the next step would be to approach the European Commission with a view to the method being added to the prescribed processes stipulated in the Animal Waste Directive. The Directive is currently being reviewed, and the Executive will bear the process in mind when offering comments on any proposals put forward by the European Commission.

Sport

Mr Lloyd Quinan (West of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what assistance will be given to Dumbarton Football Club to complete the construction of their proposed new stadium.

Rhona Brankin: At national level assistance is available from the Football Trust and  sportscotland for the completion of works required to implement recommendations in the Taylor report and carry out other essential safety works. I understand that in the current financial year some £1.1 million is available in Scotland for such projects.

Tourism

Fergus Ewing (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the members of the focus groups and industry representative bodies who will be invited to play a part in developing and implementing the new strategy for tourism and how these members were selected.

Henry McLeish: The focus groups were arranged by the Scottish Tourist Board as part of the consultation process that will lead to the new strategy for the industry. I shall ask the Chairman of the STB to write to Mr Ewing and will arrange for copies of his reply to be placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).

Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body

Parliamentary Documents

Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray) (SNP): To ask the Presiding Officer what budget has been provided for the current financial year for the circulation of Parliamentary documents to MSPs and their staff and whether this includes provision for MSPs’ staff in constituency offices to have the same access to Parliamentary documents as staff based in Edinburgh at no additional expense.

Sir David Steel: The Document Supply Centre has a budget of £250,000 in the current financial year. This budget covers the purchase of printed parliamentary documents to be supplied to MSPs and their staff free of charge. ‘Parliamentary documents’ are defined as: any document published by the Scottish Parliament; any publication of the UK Parliament, the Northern Ireland Assembly, the Welsh Assembly, or the EU. Distribution arrangements are under review. We propose to ask each MSP to specify which Scottish parliamentary documents they would like to have automatically delivered either to an address within the parliamentary estate, or to a constituency address, or both. This budget also covers the provision of inter-library loan services, and the supply of core parliamentary documentation to Partner Libraries.

Postage

Fergus Ewing (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber) (SNP): To ask the Presiding Officer, further to his answer to question S1W-394 on 16 July, whether the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) has reached a conclusion regarding the use of pre-postage paid envelopes by MSPs for constituency business and, if so, when such envelopes will become available and whether the SPCB will publish any correspondence which it has had with the Scotland Office on this matter.

Sir David Steel: The SPCB has decided that first and second class pre-postage paid envelopes should be provided for Members’ use for constituency business. Staff are currently pursuing the options and the envelopes will be available as soon as the necessary procurement procedures – which are complicated - have been completed later in the autumn. In the meantime, MSPs should continue to obtain rolls of stamps from the Mail Room in Parliament Headquarters for use in their constituency offices.

  There has been no correspondence with the Scotland Office on this issue.